Stanford Students Walk Out of Commencement Speech by Google CEO Sundar Pichai in Protest
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Summary
Hundreds of Stanford University students walked out of their commencement ceremony to protest Google CEO Sundar Pichai's presence as the speaker, expressing anger over tech industry involvement in war profiteering. The protest reflects growing student activism against the tech industry at graduation events across the United States.
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· 1 pulledTake a stance against war profiteering. Tell the Google CEO that he is not welcome.
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